DHL sells two UK businesses

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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DHL has sold its container haulage company to the Maritime Group, and its UK domestic parcel business to Home Delivery Network.

The Maritime Group has acquired DHL Container Logistics, effective January 1st.

The sale will enable Maritime to develop its interests in container transport and strengthen its UK network.

It will also allow DHL Freight to concentrate on its core services in the UK.

DHL has also agreed to sell its UK domestic parcel business to Home Delivery Network (HDN). The deal includes all employees and facilities of the business.

In terms of a wider preferred supplier relationship, HDN will continue to use the DHL Domestic brand in the short-term. The agreement also covers joint customer management processes as well as a preferred supplier status of DHL for logistics services.

According to DHL Express CEO Ken Allen, the move will enable the company to improve the overall quality of its international services and also enhance domestic parcel services for UK customers.

The agreement is limited to DHL's domestic parcel business, also known as the Day Definite Domestic business, which concentrates on shipments that are delivered within the UK on a certain day rather than at a specific time of the next day.

DHL Express will now focus its full attention on its Time Definite International and Same Day express services, both internationally and throughout the UK. DHL's Servicepoint facilities and the company's online offering DHLitNow are unaffected by this move.

DHL plans to transfer its UK day definite parcel operations to HDN by the end of the first quarter 2010. The business currently employs some 4,700 people and operates five hubs as well as 71 Service Centres throughout the UK.

DHL Domestic will continue to use a wide range of DHL services from DHL that are currently supporting the domestic parcel unit, such as air transport, IT and financial services.

[fishtank]

"DHL has also agreed to sell its UK domestic parcel business to Home Delivery Network (HDN). The deal includes all employees and facilities of the business."

Didn't know it was still legal to buy and sell people.
You go to bed working for one company and wake up working for another.
I wonder when it will be our turn?

[Lounge Lizard]

"DHL has also agreed to sell its UK domestic parcel business to Home Delivery Network (HDN). The deal includes all employees and facilities of the business."

Didn't know it was still legal to buy and sell people.
You go to bed working for one company and wake up working for another.
I wonder when it will be our turn?

You can only buy or sell people if it's slavery, and that's probably not far from the trurh.

[29lithy]

"DHL has also agreed to sell its UK domestic parcel business to Home Delivery Network (HDN). The deal includes all employees and facilities of the business."

Didn't know it was still legal to buy and sell people.
You go to bed working for one company and wake up working for another.
I wonder when it will be our turn?

You can only buy or sell people if it's slavery, and that's probably not far from the trurh.

It could be worse it could be tnt its what he wants :mfo

[Wessex]

"You go to bed working for one company and wake up working for another.
I wonder when it will be our turn?"

Think its called DSA in the trade :cfo :mfo